Fallen police officers to be honored in Ocean Grove on Tuesday

7:42 AM,
May 16, 2010

In this file photo from 2009, Mary DiNardo, left, widow of Jersey City police Det. Marc DiNardo holds her daughter, Ella, as an officer holds her son, Marc Anthony II, at funeral services for DiNardo in Jersey City, N.J., Friday, July 24, 2009. DiNardo was shot in the face storming an apartment on July 16. Four other police officers were wounded in the gun battle and two armed robbery suspects were killed.

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RENEE ERNST
STAFF WRITER

A memorial service will be held Tuesday at the Great Auditorium to honor New Jersey police officers who died in the line of duty.

Hosted by the New Jersey Police Chiefs Foundation and the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police, the 26th annual statewide Law Enforcement Memorial Service begins at 11 a.m. Family and friends of the officers being honored as well as members of the law enforcement community and the general public are welcome to attend.

Det. Marcanthony DiNardo of the Jersey City Police Department will be among those officers honored Tuesday. DiNardo died from injuries ...